83110
Canada Moderate
Logging machinery operators
Logging machinery operators operate cable yarding systems, mechanical harvesters and forwarders and mechanical tree processors and loaders to fell, yard and process trees at logging sites. They are employed by logging companies and contractors.
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Salary Information
National wage data for this occupation
Entry-level
CA$22.00
/hr
Typical
CA$32.00
/hr
Experienced
CA$40.78
/hr
Average: CA$32.62/hr
80.3% of workers in this occupation receive non-wage benefits
Source: Job Bank Canada. Wages may vary by region and experience.
Examples
Illustrative Examples
- chipping machine operator
- delimber operator
- feller buncher operator
- feller forwarder operator
- grapple operator - logging
- linehorse operator
- loader operator - logging
- log processor operator
- rigging slinger - logging
- shortwood harvester operator
- slasher operator - logging
- steel spar operator - logging
- treelength forwarder operator
- yarder operator - logging
All Examples
- delimber and buncher operator
- delimber operator
- bunk skidder operator
- cable yarding operator
- cable yarding system operator
- chipping machine operator
- chipping machine operator - logging
- crane and claw operator - logging
- feller buncher operator
- feller delimber operator
- feller forwarder operator
- forwarder operator - logging
- grapple loader operator - logging
- grapple operator - logging
- grapple yarder operator - logging
- linehorse operator
- loader operator - logging
- log loader operator
- log loading machine operator
- log process operator
- log processor operator
- logging crane operator
- logging machinery operator
- logging truck loader
- mechanical harvester and forwarder operator
- mechanical harvester operator - logging
- mechanical tree processor and loader operator
- mechanical tree processor operator - logging
- mobile chipper operator - logging
- mobile whole tree chipper - logging
- picker truck operator
- pulpwood harvester operator
- rigging slinger - logging
- shortwood harvester operator
- slasher loader operator
- slasher operator - logging
- slasher saw operator - logging
- slasher sawyer operator - logging
- slasher-brusher
- steel spar operator - logging
- tree harvester operator
- tree processor operator - logging
- treelength forwarder operator
- tree-length harvester operator
- yarder operator - logging
- yarding engineer - logging
Main Duties
Main Duties
- This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Cable yarding system operators
- Operate machines to transport trees from logging areas to landing or log loading sites in mountainous terrain in western Canada.
- Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators
- Assess site and terrain and drive heavy equipment to perform a combination of felling, slashing, bucking, bunching and forwarding operations at logging areas.
- Mechanical tree processor and loader operators
- Operate a variety of machines which perform a combination of slashing, bucking, chipping, sorting and loading logs or trees at landing sites.
Requirements
Employment Requirements
- Completion of secondary school may be required.
- On-the-job training from three to 16 months is provided, depending on the complexity of machinery operated and the type of woodlands operation.
- Experience requirements vary depending on the complexity of machinery operated.
- Mechanical harvester and forwarder operators may require logging experience as a chain saw and skidder operator.
- Feller buncher operators and cable yarder operators usually require three to five years of logging experience.
- Mechanical tree processor and loader operators usually require one to three years of logging experience.
- Certification as a heavy equipment operator may be required.
- Company certification for mobile logging machinery operation may be required.
- Provincial air brake certification may be required in British Columbia, depending on the type of equipment operated.
- Workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) and first aid certificates may be required.
- Knowledge of tree harvesting regulations is required.